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London Designer Outlet reports its strongest year of trading in 2023

London Designer Outlet (LDO), located at Wembley Park, recorded its strongest year of trading ever in 2023, hitting 99 million pounds in sales. Bargain-hunting Londoners lifted total sales throughout December at LDO to 11.2 million pounds, with Boxing Day confirmed as its best trading day ever, as footfall on December 26 increased by 11 percent...

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Boxing Day footfall up 5 percent in London’s West End

The festive season has rounded off on a positive note for London’s West End district, with Boxing Day footfall up 5 percent on 2022 levels, continuing the “buoyant” atmosphere seen throughout December as a whole. During the month, footfall grew 20 percent compared to November, and rose 6 percent compared to December last year. The New West End...

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UK Boxing Day footfall falls -15.3 percent compared to pre-Covid levels

Signs of an upbeat retail sector over the holiday season has received mixed reports. While some online stores have seen business booming, others, particularly in brick and mortar, saw a decline in shoppers. Footfall data from retail intelligence analysts RetailNext Inc. shows in-store footfall in the UK on Boxing Day was down by -15.3 percent...

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Boxing Day sales in the UK dip as Omicron concerns spread

Boxing Day sales in the UK fell well below pre-pandemic times as concerns over the newest variant of the coronavirus spread across the country, keeping shoppers at home and multiple stores closed. Footfall at shopping sites fell 45 percent below pre-pandemic levels Footfall at shopping sites across the UK on Boxing Day up to noon fell 45 percent...

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Shoppers shun London on Boxing Day as footfall plummets 67 percent

As a queues of shoppers snaked around Selfridges on Oxford Street, eagerly hoping to score a Boxing Day bargain, the rest of central London was eerily quiet, with footfall down 67.3 percent in comparison to 2019, before the pandemic. Figures from Springboard show a similar fate across all UK retail destinations, with footfall down an average of...

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Boxing Day footfall plummets, as online spending soars

UK shoppers are expected to spend a record 1.9 billion pounds online on Boxing Day, the biggest online shopping day of the year. In 2019 shoppers spent 1.2 billion pounds online on Christmas Day while on Boxing Day 4.3 billion pounds was spent in High Streets and online. Except this year much of the high street remains closed. Footfall plummets...

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Westfield has a record Boxing Day

Shoppers flocked to Westfield London and Westfield Stratford City in search of deals on Boxing Day, with footfall up 3.4 percent on last year. Both shopping centres recorded more than 363,000 shoppers on Boxing Day, which marks the busiest ever day on record for Westfield London since it opened its doors in 2008 with over 189,000 customers. Myf...

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Shoppers flock to Westfield over Christmas

Westfield London and Westfield Stratford City attracted 15.6 million shoppers over the full festive period, to mark the malls’ “busiest ever Christmas,” stated Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield. Footfall was up 11 percent, representing double-digit year-on-year growth in the period from the start of November 2018, when the festive season launched at the...

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Boxing Day footfall down for third consecutive year

UK footfall on Boxing Day this year was down 3.1 percent, compared to last year, according to figures released by retail intelligence specialist Springboard. This decline marks the third consecutive year that footfall has dropped on Boxing Day, which Springboard notes indicates the “lessening in importance of Boxing Day as a trading day”. Over...

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London receives Boxing Day footfall boost

While overall Boxing Day footfall was down for a third consecutive year, London’s West End recorded footfall up by 15 percent by 10.30am compared to the same period last year. According to New West End Company, which represents over 600 businesses in Bond, Oxford and Regent Street, shoppers visiting the West End on Boxing Day will spend 50...

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Selfridges sees record sales of 4 million pounds on Boxing Day

Boxing Day in the UK saw a drop in shoppers for the third year in a row, but that didn't stop Selfridges from scoring a 6 percent increase on last year, taking over 4 million pounds in the first few opening hours. Shoppers began to queue outside its Oxford Street flagship at 2:30, hoping to bag a designer bargain, with many items discounted at...

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Boxing Day “challenging trading” for retailers

UK shoppers stayed away from bricks-and-mortar stores on Boxing Day, according to new figures from Springboard, with footfall falling 4.5 percent year-on-year. While luxury department stores including Selfridges and Harrods experienced record numbers of shoppers for their Boxing Day sales, many other retailers experienced one of the most “...